• Medical heritage

Doctors, discoveries and developments: Medical achievements and health care in Ontario

1824 Dr. Charles Duncombe opens the first medical school in Ontario, in St Thomas. 1839 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Upper Canada is...

• Indigenous heritage
  Medical heritage

Indigenous traditional medicine

“Traditional medicine” refers to knowledge and practices of Indigenous peoples that promote health and well-being, and that have been passed down from generation to generation...

• Medical heritage

Resources: Medical science and innovation in Ontario

These web resources listed below provide an introduction to the history of medical science and innovation in Ontario: Banting House Canadian Bulletin of Medical History...

• Sport heritage

Resources: Ontario's sport heritage

On the shelf Hot Foot: Walter Knox’s Remarkable Life as a Professional in an Amateur World, by David Town, Friesen Press, 2014.Puckstruck: Distracted, Delighted and...

• Military heritage

Resources: On the eve of war: Ontario in 1914

The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914, by Margaret MacMillan, Allen Lane Canada (an imprint of Penguin Canada Books Inc.), 2013. In November...

• Military heritage

An interview with Laura Brandon

Recently, the Ontario Heritage Trust spoke with Laura Brandon, the Acting Director of Research at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, to examine the role...

• Arts and creativity

Resources: Ontario’s theatrical heritage in the spotlight

... the shelf The Opening Act: Canadian Theatre History 1945-1953, by Susan McNicoll. Ronsdale Press, 2012. The conventional opinion is that professional Canadian theatre began...

• Buildings and architecture
  Tools for conservation

Resources: Building communities: Heritage conservation districts

What's on the shelf Full Frontal T.O. – Exploring Toronto’s Architectural Vernacular, by Shawn Micallef with photographs by Patrick Cummins. Coach House Books, 2012. For...

• Arts and creativity

Resources: Painted Ontario

What's on the shelf A Concise History of Canadian Painting, 3rd edition, by Dennis Reid. Oxford University Press, 2012. For more than 30 years, Dennis...

• Cultural landscapes

Resources: Back to the land

What's on the shelf Canadians at Table: A Culinary History of Canada (by Dorothy Duncan) Dundurn Press, 2011. In Canadians at Table, we learn about...

• Francophone heritage

An interview with Madeleine Meilleur

Recently, the Ontario Heritage Trust interviewed Madeleine Meilleur – Ontario’s Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, and the Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs. Her...

• Francophone heritage

Resources: Understanding the French experience in Ontario

Government of Ontario: Ministry of Francophone Affairs Centre for Research on French Canadian Culture Centre for Franco-Ontarian Studies (CRÉFO) Le Centre franco-ontarien de folklore Métis...

• Military heritage

Resources: Perspectives on the War of 1812

The Call to Arms: The 1812 Invasions of Upper Canada (by Richard Feltoe), Dundurn Press, 2012. The Call to Arms is the first of six...

• Black heritage

Resources: Celebrating the International Year for People of African Descent

What's on the shelf The Journey from Tollgate to Parkway: African-Canadians in Hamilton, by Adrienne Shadd (Dundurn Press Ltd. 2010) When the Lincoln Alexander Parkway...

• Tools for conservation

Resources: Investing in preservation

Stanley Barracks: Toronto’s Military Legacy, by Aldona Sendzikas Dundurn Press. Stanley Barracks begins with the construction in 1840-41 of the new facility that replaced the...

• Buildings and architecture
  Community

Resources: Finding our place in Ontario’s history

On the shelf Creating Memory, by John Warkentin Becker Associates, 2010. Toronto has over 6,000 public outdoor sculptures, works of art that provide a sense...

• Arts and creativity

Resources: Exploring Ontario’s southern peninsula

What's on the shelf University of Toronto: An architectural tour, by Larry Wayne Richards Princeton Architectural Press. Originally built in the 19th century in a...

• Buildings and architecture

Places of Worship resources

Publications Churches: Explore the symbols, learn the language and discover the history, by Timothy Brittain-Catlin Collins Press. Churches and cathedrals, intentionally imposing and dignified, contain...

• Indigenous heritage
  Environment

Resources: Heritage in the new economy - Making sense of sustainability

What's on the shelf The Shield, part of the Ontario Visual Heritage Project. Over thousands of years, a select few have carved out lives for...

• Community
  Tools for conservation

Resources: Engaging citizens in community conservation

What's on the shelf Old Canadian Cemeteries: Places of Memory, by Jane Irwin with photographs by John de Visser (2007) Firefly Books. Canada abounds in...

• Black heritage

Timeline to freedom

3500 BC to 332 BC – Slavery is practised in ancient Egypt as prisoners are sold as slaves 1500s – Beginning of the European slave...

• Archaeology
  Buildings and architecture

Breaking news: Saving our First Parliament

It was announced on December 21, 2005 that the site of Ontario’s first parliament buildings in Toronto has been saved. The Ontario Government, in partnership...

• Environment
  Natural heritage

Protecting natural spaces in Southern Ontario

On August 3, 2005 the provincial government announced the creation of the Natural Spaces Program, which included a $6-million allocation to the Ontario Heritage Trust...

• Buildings and architecture
  Tools for conservation

The healthy roof: Staying on top of heritage preservation

The following excerpt appears in Well-Preserved: The Ontario Heritage Foundationʼs Manual of Principles and Practice for Architectural Conservation (Third Revised Edition), by Mark Fram (Boston...

• Buildings and architecture
  Tools for conservation

Working with superstructures: The framework for Ontario's heritage buildings

Last issue, we discussed the importance of a solid foundation when preserving heritage structures. In this issue, we see how a buildingʼs skeleton holds everything...

• Buildings and architecture

Leidra Lodge – A new conservation easement

June Ardiel has been a patron and leader in Ontario's arts community all her life. She has authored a book on the public art of...

• Natural heritage

Visiting the Cheltenham Badlands

Nestled on the Niagara Escarpment amid the rolling countryside of the Caledon Hills lies a unique landscape locally known as the Cheltenham Badlands. The site...

• Buildings and architecture
  Cultural objects

The Homewood collection

As you drive east along Highway 2 between Brockville and Prescott, you will find the robust Georgian Homewood Museum deeply set back from the road...

• Natural heritage

Gifts of nature

The Egbert Ross Boothby property Imagine a plot of land on the Lake of Bays, seemingly untouched by human habitation. It has almost a mile...

• Natural heritage
  Community

Hurricane Hazel 50 years later

There was little warning about Hurricane Hazel – one of the worst storms in Canada’s history. At the time, few Canadians paid attention to tropical...